2014



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October 20, 2014
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Higher Penalties for Employing Migrant Workers Illegally

Professional HR managers are unlikely to make an adverse assumption about a job candidate's immigration status on the basis of a name, accent or appearance.

By the same token, these employers will know how to stay compliant with both immigration and discrimination law, and are not likely to be affected by the doubling of the maximum civil penalty for employing a worker illegally (the penalty rises from £10,000 to £20,000 on 1 May 2014).

However, organisations may derive some benefit from a revised version of the statutory code of practice for employers on 'Avoiding unlawful discrimination while preventing illegal working', which has been released in draft form to coincide with the increased penalties. There is little new in the code but its central point is a solid one. It advises employers not to make assumptions about immigration status and to ask all job candidates to prove their right to work in the UK by producing specified documents before starting work. It also says that job applicants can be asked to provide documents at any stage before they start work.

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September 5, 2014
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Africa Outstrips Middle East for Top Energy Jobs

Africa 's booming energy sector is outstripping the Middle East for offering the top paying roles and is now second only to Europe, according to the tax advisory firm Von Essen. The country now accounts for 13% of the best paying roles advertised for international oil & gas experts and has been attracting greater levels of external investment on the back of improving business infrastructures. A growing number of oil & gas jobs offering more than ?100k per annum are being created by increased exploration and extraction activity in Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Niger, Uganda, Mozambique and Angola, as well as in Northern Africa and Nigeria.

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September 5, 2014
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Online Criminal Records

In a progressive development, Faisalabad has introduced a new criminal record office that will make public online criminal records complete with case histories, photographs, and thumbprints. This is a welcome move that will improve a system replete with corruption and dishonesty. People will no longer have to rely on other people to respond to their notices in newspapers to verify the authenticity of a 'businessman ', instead they will simply be able to conduct a basic background search of a person. Likewise, employers will have an easier time identifying candidates who have been previously convicted and the nature of their offences.

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